Giveaway: Happy New Year to You!

December 31, 2012

Last year at this time the family and I were together exploring Africa hitting the six month mark of our around the world trip. As the holidays drew to a close, I found the only thing I’d missed was my extended family back home in Toronto.

The single most convincing argument someone has given me for why they don’t travel more is that they’d have to leave family behind. I get that. Aging parents, new nieces or even children who need local support for special needs can make even a short getaway a luxury.

The good news is that staying in touch doesn’t have to be hard.

This year Motorola is offering one lucky Globetrotting Mama reader the chance to win a MOTOROLA DEFY™ PRO (MSRP: $249.00).

As someone who is rough with her phone – drop, bang, crack, you name it – I’m intrigued by the claims that it is built “to last any travel or adventure you have planned.”

The winner will have to tell me all about it.

Here are the details on the phone:

Android-powered with a full QWERTY keyboard

high capacity battery with Motorola’s Battery Manager,

certified for resistance against scratches, spills and dust with its flawless chrome finish and 2.7-inch Corning® Gorilla® Glass display.

And here’s how to win:

Leave me a comment below before January 8, 2013 telling me where you’d like to take your Motorola phone if you won. One comment per person and open to Canadian addresses only. Want a second shot? Like Globetrotting Mama on Facebook. Winner will be chosen by random.

Guatemala for sure!!! i would love to try out this phone and give a full report back from our travels to guatemala, honduras and belize. i am travelling solo with my 5.5yr. old son as i am taking a five month sabbatical from my work starting february 2013.
my current cell phone is through my work and don’t think it is going to make the journey. any help with keeping the technology costs down will only mean more great adventures abroad and easier access to family and friends back home.
thanks!! travelmama&globetotter

I want to be all exotic and post some far off land, however I am going to say, I’ll take it to our Capital, Ottawa, where I go every Canada Day, if can make it through all the crowds there..it can stand up to anything :) :) Happy New Year Heather, Ish, Cameron and Ethan!!

Oh if I was so lucky to win….. I would be taking it on the train to Ottawa to visit my son with a stop in Toronto to visit my other son then on to Belleville where my fabulous 3 grandchildren and daughter live. So this would be a traveled cell phone. Not as well traveled as yours has been….but my type of travelling. All of my family would be so thrilled as I may be the last Canadian to not have a cell phone.

I would be taking my four kids (and the husband) off to Barbados for the Run Barbados 5K race! I’m a new runner and trying to set a good fitness example for my family. I know they would love it, I mean, what’s not to love about Barbados? Coo coo and flying fish anyone? LOL!

I would be dropping this into the pocket of my husband who would be taking this to construction job sites…okay, not as exciting as some of the other choices – but really rough environment for the phone! (His current phone is pretty much dead, and only 2 years old…) Oh, if I had my option, I would be taking the phone to Rome (along with my hubby). We honeymooned there in 2010 and I so want to go back there!!!! Thanks for a great giveaway!

I would take my new phone everywhere with me as I am new to Ontario & I get lost easily so I need to a always check Mapquest or some such tool to show me where & how to get to some place quickly. I really could have uses it driving here from BC. I deserve to win this cell phone.

About Heather

Heather is a Contributing Editor for National Geographic Traveler magazine, sits on the advisory board for the Family Travel Association, and is a columnist for Lexpert Magazine. For over 20 years she has written articles for The Toronto Star. She also contributes to a host of media outlets in print, on television, on radio and online. When not chasing children out of her office or convincing her family that cold weather destinations should be outlawed, she enjoys movie marathons and musicals she can sing along to.